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Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Bow Brooch
Photographer
Isle of Wight Council, Frank Basford, 2010-02-28 17:53:52
Title
Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Bow Brooch
Description
English: An incomplete metal bow brooch of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date c. 45-c. 550).

The brooch is cross-shaped with the top of the bow in the form of a stylised facing human head. The head and the foot as well as the ends of the wings terminate with a flat roundel. There is a fifth rounder forming the end of the enlarged nose. At the front, the lower part of the bow is ribbed horizontally to form six grooves. Viewing the brooch from the side, the pin-lug is ‘D’-shaped and the catch-plate is sub-rectangular. The pin is missing.

c. 33.0 x c. 18.3mm.

The above description has been made from a poor quality photograph enhanced using Photoshop.

Comments by Barry Ager have also been made using the same photograph (see Notes).

c. 33.0 x c. 18.3mm.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 450 and 550
Accession number
FindID: 289849
Old ref: IOW-AA5A00
Filename: IWHER 5974- A1999-5-2.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/240504
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/240504/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/289849
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current13:28, 26 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 13:28, 26 January 20171,553 × 1,063 (171 KB)Portable Antiquities Scheme, IOW, FindID: 289849, early medieval, page 445, batch count 3017

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